Definitions For Langer

Noun

LANGER (plural LANGERs) (slang, Ireland, pejorative) Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male). (slang, Ireland, pejorative, offensive, used in cork) A person from south county Dublin. (slang, Ireland, vulgar) penis, penis.

Usage notes

Originally and mainly restricted to w:county cork, county cork

Synonyms

annoying or contemptible person dickhead, knob, asshole, shithead, wanker penis See also thesaurus:penis

Derived terms

langers, langered, acting the langer, langerload

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggestions include: from w:langur, langur monkeys, via the w:munster fusiliers, munster fusiliers regiment stationed in India from languor from lang, variant of long from "on the lang", supposed variant of on the lam from leangaire, a word in Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne, a dictionary of the Muskerry Gaeltacht. It means an unusually long slender salmon.

Anagrams

Nagler, Nergal, Rangel, angler, erlang, gen'ral, largen, rangle, regnal

Is Langer a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Langer is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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